Bottle-capping machine.



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BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE..

APPLICATION FILED JAN-25,1912. RENEWED'DEC- I4, I914.

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BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 912. RENEWED DEC. 14,1914.

1,143,819. Patented June 22,1915.

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GEORGE FAILING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

- BOTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE.

Application filed January 25, 1912, Serial No. 673,288. Renewed December 14, 1914. Serial No. 877,221.

I Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in v Bottle-Capping Machines, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates more particularly to a feeding mechanism for abottle capping macn 1e.

Anobject of the invention is to provide a feeding mechanism whereby the bottles may be placed underneath the capping head,

which feeding mechanism is so timed as to place the bottles or remove the same from capping position while the head is raised.

A further object of the invention is to provide a deviceaof the above character, which is so constructed that the feeding mechanism may be adjusted and adapted for various size bottles.

These and other objects will in part be obvious, and will in part be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention, Figure I, is a side elevation with parts in section, showing a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. II, isa side v ew showing the supporting table, feeding device, and the operating mechanism there for; Fig. III, is a plan view of the same. Fig. IV, is a section on the line IV, IV, of Fig. I. Fig. V, is a detail showing in plan, a portion of the feed wheel and the reducing segment which adapts the, feed wheel "for smaller size bottles. Fig'VI, is a sectional view on the line VT, VI, of Fig. V. Fig. VII, is a detail showing a section through the supporting table, and the yielding support for the bottles.

The bottle capping machine herein illus trated, consists of a supporting base 1, from which rises a standard 2. Reciprocating in the standard 2, isa rod 3, on which is mounted the bottle capping head 4. The bottle capping head l, is provided wit-ha sli e 5, which engages between spaced bra kets 6, which guide the head as it reciprocates, and prevents lateral movement thereof. The caps are automatically fed to -the head through a chute 7. The rod supporting the head is reciprocated from the mam shaft 8, by acrank 9, which is con- Specification of Letters Patent.

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ing a tapered end, and the slide is normally spring-pressed upward so as to release the pulley.

A foot lever 14, is formed with a. latch 15, at its inner end, and by depressing the treadle, the slide 13, is released, thereby withdrawing the clutch bolt from engagement with the pulley and rendering the ma,- chine idle. Extending laterally from the standard 2, is a lug or arm 16, which is provided with an opening adapted to freelyreceive a casing 17. This casing is provided at itsupper end with a support for the bottle, and said support rests on a spring in the casing. On the outer face of the sup port, is an elastic pad (see Fig. VII). The purpose. of this yielding support is to allow the bottle to yield during the capping action, to accommodate anyslight inequalities in bottles of the same general size or capacity. This casing is mounted on a screw 18, at its lower end, and by adjusting the screw, the height of the casing may be varied so as to accommodate bottles of different general sizes or capacities. ,The bot tle is placed on the yielding support, and the cap is fed underneath the capping head and as the head descends, the cap will be bottle and properly fastened tle may be properly capped, and subsequent-ly removing the bottle after.v it is capped. To this end, I'have provided a projecting bracket 19, on which is mounted a supporting table 20. This table is formed with a guiding flange 21, and a second 'ding flange 22. The table'is preferabl fy so constructed as to have a radial extension, leading toward the center of the supporting from the machine.

In order to move the filled bottles over the table, have provided a conveyer 2?. which is mounted to turn about the axis of the supporting-post. Said conveyer is formed with aplurality of segmental pockets 24, which are adapted to receive the-bottles and to move the same along the supporting table. This conveyer is attached to a gear 25, turning also concentrically about the post, and said gear is driven by. a second gear 26, which is mounted on the-upper end of a ver. tical shaft 27. The vertical shaft 27'. at its lower end. engages a bevel gear 28. which 00- operates with-a bevel gear 29, on the horizontal shaft 30. The horizontal shaft 30, carries the radius wheel 31, of .a gencva stop motion. Said stop motion "includes a disk 32. which carries the clutch 12, and'this disk is keyed. to the shaftS. The disk 32, is cut away as shown in dotted lines at 33. in Fig. II. Said disk is also provided witlra pin 34, which is adapted to enter radial grooves 35, of wheel 31. 'Through this mechanism, the carrier is given an intermittent motion, which will slide the bottles along the table to capping position where said carrier is caused to dwell while the cap is being placed on the bottle After the bottle is capped. the

carrier is againrotated to convey the bottle from beneath the head, and to place another bottle underneath the same. This carrier is of course, timed so as to place the bottles beneath the capping head when said head is raised. Said table is cut awayv as at 36, di-

rcctly over the pad of the yielding support for, the bottle, so that when the bottle is directly over the support, it will rest on the support, and not on the table, and therefore, saidbottle may yield duringthe capping action. The bottles are withdrawn fromthe conveyer by a stripping finger 37, which forms a. part'of the guiding ledge 21, and overlaps the carrier on the delivery side thereo v In order that the table may be adjusted to accommodate bottles of different sizes,'the bracket 19-is held on the standard by a set screw 38. By releasing this set screw 38, the supporting table and the conveyer may be raised and lowered so as to be properly positioned for supporting and conveying the bottles beneath the head and onto the yieldi ug support therefor. In order to allow of this adjustment of the conveyer, the vertical shaft 27, is formed in sections, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. I. The npper section, together with the gear wheel 26, is supported y an arm 39, which is carried by the braeke. :9. The upper section of this bracket 19.

In order to adjust the size of'the segmental pockets in the conveyer for smaller secti'ons, I have provided a removable segment 42. The conveyer is provided with an upwardly projecting lip around the pockets,

vertical shaft has a sleeve 40, clamped there-i;

This sleeve 40, telescopes the lower secand this segment rests on this lip and parv tially fills the pocket so as to reduce the size thereof.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction -and arrangement of parts, may be made without departing-from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. I claim 1. A bottle capping machine including in combination a standard, a bottle c apping head mounted on said standard, an operating shaft, means for reciprocating said head from said shaft. a bracket 'adjustably carried by said standard, a supporting table mounted on said bracket, a conveyer carried by the bracket and mounted to turn about the standard as an axis and located above 'sald table. a yielding support on which the'bottles rest for capping. a bearing-carried by said bracket, a shaft mounted in said hearing. and having operating connection with said conveyer at its upper .end, said shaft having an operating connection with the shaft which reciprocate-s the head, whereby a said conveyer is moved in timed relation to the reciprocations of said head.

2. A bottle capping machine including in combination a standard, bottle capping means carried by said standard, a vertically adjustable bottle support disposed beneath 1'10 said means. a vertically adjustable conveyer mounted on said standard and rotatable about theaxis of saidstandardfor moving said bottles onto said support, an operzitin shaft disposed below said" conveyer, an means for rotating said conveyer from said operating shaft including an extensible driving'shaft. 3. A bottle-capping machine including in combination, a. standard, a bottle-capping head mounted :on said standard, a. shaft, means for reciprocating said head from said shaft, a bracket adjustably carried by said standard, a supporting table mounted on said bracket, a conveyer mounted to turn about the standard as an axis and located above said table, a yielding support on which the bottles are moved by the conveyer for capping, means carried by the table and .(oiiperatingwith the ronveyer for guiding the bottles to and from said yielding support,

and means for operating said conveyer from able segments engaged with said flanges to said shaft, whereby said conveyer is moved vary the sizes of said pockets.

in timed relation to the reciprocation of the In testimony whereof, I have hereunto head. signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylv i. In a bottle capping machine, a rotary Vania, this twenty-third day of January 13 motile conveyor comprising a circular disk 1912.

having peripheral bottle receiving pockets GEORGE FAILING. formed therein, said disk being formed with Witnesses: flanges respectively projecting upwardly JAMES H. BELL,

1O froiii the Waiis of said pockets and remov- V E L. FULLERTON. 

